Ceremonialism as a function of dress has been used in many religious, cultural and civil events throughout time. This image depicts "a ceremony that already lay three centuries in the past, an illustration from Rashid al-Din’s 14th-century Jami‘ al-Tawarikh (Universal History) shows Mahmud ibn Sebuktekin, the first independent Ghaznavid ruler, receiving a richly decorated robe of honor from the caliph." The elaborateness of details on these silken robes in incredible.
This photograph was downloaded from: http://www.saudiaramcoworld.com/issue/200805/suitable.luxury.htm and is from the EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY LIBRARY / BRIDGEMAN ART LIBRARY.
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